The Millbrook Times from Millbrook, Kansas • 2

THE LAST HONOBS. pan bexre'rsC The ccrtea then corsd coward until it reached itllbrook imc0 iT.f- filLCJ t3 of for relators pxacxd nr the KA.usoinrii. 3:15 o'clock the remains were received at expenses Incurred ia repelling In vision Tie dastardly raurder cf several ssttlsrs near the eastern cf No-Man' s-Lana about tea days aso by the hirelings cf the Emperor William Laid to Host. the mausoleum by the pastor of Charlcttsn- BEHJ. B.

F. GRAVES, Durg and Chaplain Koegel then read the KANSAS. tULLBROOK, passage, "Classed is the man who resisteth and the Lord's prayer. The chaplain then closed the solemn service with the Immressive Ceremonies in the Berlin cattle kings has caused a great stir ia that region and the farmers are organizing and arming themselves and. It is reported, have already strung up two cowboys.

The settlers say thty are tired of the brutality Cathedral-Many Eo3ral Persons Attend the Funeral Services-A Grand but Gloomy benediction. Members of the imperial family and the other mourners then withdrew, the ana suppressing maun ccstuinss, xr. Boutelle of Maine moved to concur Sa the senate amendment striking out the claurs appropriating $100,00 for the purpose of lengthening the Broooklyn navy yard dry dock, but it was lost yeas, 106; rays, 113; and the house ratified the action of the committee of the whole and Messrs. Burns, Barres and McComas were appointed conferrees. The house then took a recess until evening, when it passed thirty-five pension bills, and at 10 adjourned until to-morrow.

Procession to the Mausoleum TJnter-den- generals taking farewell of their dead master Linden One Mass of Black Relieved Only bv ana placing their hands, as if In salute, unon Gen. Sheridan Is still able to speak in the Indian tongue that he learned as a Lieutenant among' the Umphills of Oregon thirty years ago. Ula Faces of Co tin. tie S3 Thousands of his coffin. A salve of artillery announced that the ceremony was over.

CnOTAST cr PKocrznxxss. Washington, March ia The dependent pension was received from the senate by the house this morning and referred to the committee on invalid pensions, A motion to table the bill granting to the state of California 5 per cent of the net proceeds of the cash sales of public, lands in that state was lost by a vote of 63 to 45, The floor was then accorded to the i committee on Indian affairs and bills were passed as follows: Extending for two years the time of payment to purchasers of land on the Omaha Indian reservation In Nebraska; restoring to the public domain part of the Uintah Indian reservation in Utah, and prescribing a penalty of fine and imprisonment for the unlawful cutting of timber on Indian reservations. The bill for the allotment of lands in severalty to the united Peoria and Miami tribes of Italians in the Indian territory was taken up and pending action the house adjourned. Washington. March 12.

M. Dawea ere- Jfrom a window of a salon overlooking the Spectators. The Emperor's FuneraL Beklix, March 16. The funeral of the Em park the emperor watched the procession. He wore tbe uniform of a general and the sash of the order of the Black Esgle.

He remained in the same spot until the close of the ceremonies was announced by the guns. The empress Victoria and the princesses attended peror William took place The weath British Minister West and Miss West always speak Spanish when alone together. Spanish was the native tongue of the late Mrs. West. er was extremely and the troops who were ranged four deep along the route taken the service at the mausoleum and returned to by the funeral cortege, wore heavy cloaks.

the palace at 4 p. m. the members of the imperial family and all The low temperature had no apparent effect unon the neople. and hundreds of thousands the royal visitors dined this evening in the picture gallery of the Schloss. Their suites of spectators occupied the space behind the dined at the chamberlain's table in the new I ti I Senator Palmer, of Michigan, has the reputation of being the finest linguist the upper house of Congress.

He can make a speech in English, French or Spanish. eoIdierstwhile every window along Unter-den- gallery. Remo Te- sente memorIa leading wool manufac The municipal authorities or Ban Henry Bergh Dead. Ns Yokk, March 12. Henry Bergh, founder and president of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, died this morning very suddenly after only a brief illness.

Henry of the Americas society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, was bora in JSew York city In 1S23. His father, Christian Bergh, of German ancestry, was ship builder for several years In the service of the government, and died in 1843, leaving his fortune to his three children. Henry entered Columbia, but before he had finished the course made a visit to Europe, where he remained about five years. In 1S63 he was appointed secretary of legation at St. Petersburg and acting vice consul.

Being obliged by reason of the severity of the climate to resign his office in 1864, he traveled extensively Europe and the east. On hia return he determined to devote the remainder Linden was crowded. All the houses on the thoroughfare were covered with mourning turers aau growers, asking legislation to pro quested Dr. Mackenzie to represent that town at the obsequies of Emperor William and also conferred honorary citizenship upon the Empress Augusta remained at home in and exhibited flags with black drapery. At the street crossings massive pillars draped with black and surmounted by Prussian solitary prayer.

The deceased emperor had expressed his desire that the texts read should President Clevelnd re ads French readily. Garfield was the only President who ever made a speech in a foreign language. He could make a fluent oration in German. eagles had been erected. The lamp posts were covered with crape, and every fifty paces were large candelabra bearing flaming tect the wool interest.

Mr. Evarts introduced a bill which provides for the settlement of the debt of the Central Pacific Railroad Company (the Huntington bill). Mr. Sherman Introduced a bill making appropriations to enable tbe executive departments to Participate in the Ohio centennial celebration, he motion to refer the president's message was taken up, and Mr. Colquitt addressed the senate.

The message, "he said, 'had made a Erofound impression at home and abroad, and ad received the hearty endorsement of wise Judicious men everywhere." He predicted the alternate between the old and the new testa cressets. ment The word of prayer from the old testament was responded to by promises from the new testament, and the end was rejoicing over the attainment of eternal bliss. When the selection from Psalm 90 The days of our Tbe route of the funeral procession a most imposing aspect, entirely in with the deep sorrow and reverence of the of his life to the interests of dumb animals. Samuel Morrison, who died in Indianapolis Thursday last at the age of Alone, in the face of indifference, opposition and ridicule, he began a reform that is now people. The center of he road was strewn triumphant re-election oi Air.

Cleveland, years are three score years and ten" -was read there was not a dry eve, and suppressed sobs were heard throughout the cathedral. recognized as one ox tne beneficent move In Parlserplats Air. uoipn addressed tne senate on tne same ninety, was the oldest native-born In- with gravel and fir branches. subject He would use surplus as far large crape festoons, entwined with laurel, THE CHAPLAIN'S TRIBUTES. Chaplain Koegel opened his sermon with ments of the age.

Through his exertions as a speaker and lecturer, but above all as a bold worker in the street, in the court room, and ox laese ijranis oi tn range" and propose to string them up whenever they can as a general retribution. The cattlemen, on the other hand, claims that the parties killed were thieves and had settled cn their range for the purpose of stealing cattle. It Is dlia-cult to defSnitely locate the blame but United States soldiers are scouring the country to keep off all Intruders and may be the means of keeping the belligerent! separated. -V Late advices from London say the snow storm and gale In Scotland Is increasing ia violence and the roads and railways are completely blockaded. 9 Judge O.

N. Denny, of Portland, Oregon, for the past three years Inspector general of customs for Coreaand private legal advisor-of the king of. Cores, has resigned and will return to America. Three thousand painters of Chicago propose to strike next week for increased wages. Four persons were probably fatally poisoned In Bloomington, III, Wednesdsy' night by eating headcheese from Chicago.

A London dispatch says sixteen persons were drowned off Bart Thursday through the capsizing cf a pleasure boat. An angry mob of farmers tarred and feathered two Mormon elders near Winchester Ohio, the other night. The elders had for some time trying to hold proselyting meet-ings. After the ceremony the elders were chased to the Ohio river, which they crossed for safety. A fire at Fort Worth, Texas, destroyed the Santa Fe round house and fire locomotives, causing a loss of $150,000.

The great Berlin cathedral, In which rests the body of the late German emperor, is to be kept open to the public from 8 o'clock in the morning until 10 In the evening. A bridge has been constructed which spans the interlot of the cathedral, and it is estimated that persons each day may view the remains ai they lie on the catafalco. There was something over six hundred lions of currency, Including gold and sHvei coin, greenbacks, and national bank notes, in the United States treasury March 14. Springfield, was thrown Into a state ol extreme excitement Wednesday morning by the atrocious attack of a frenzied father upon the mistress of a wayward son. Effie Ellis, ol St Louis, is the victim, and now Ilea In agony, with her eyes burned out and her face scarred with burns from vltrioL She was as abandoned woman, and had ruined Fen ton Cox, son of "Dr.

George W. Cox, the United States pension examiner of the Springfield district, and a prominent man politically and in the medical fraternity. were hung. The Branenburg gate was draped as necessary in the improvement of rivers and harbors. In the construction of defences and In the continued liquidation of the public debt.

He declared that the measure pro these words: "lhe plaintive peals of church bells, resounding from town to town and from and there was a large arch in front of it upon dianian. His father was a revolutionary soldier who settled on the present site of Aurora, in 1798, the year of Samuel Morrison's birth. before the legislature, the csuse he had es which were the words: "God bless you." poused gained friends and rapidly Increased in influence. Cruelties witnessed" in Europe village to village, have announced the sad news and every German eye is filled with posed by the committee on ways and means, The funeral service took place in the cathe first suggested his mission. The legislature threatened with destruction every leading in tears.

The father of the fatherland, the passed laws prepairea by him, and on dral In accordadce with the programme. The Emperor Frederick was not present, the dustry on the Pacific coast the house. pride and delight of our people, Germany's April 10,. 1866, the society was legally organ pceieux chevalier, the new empire's first em a large number or bills were introduced and referred, and a senate joint resolutions passed 4zed, with him as president. Tbe associa weather being too severe too permit of his ex peror nas leit us." i tion moved steadily forward and by August lor investigating tne practicability or con Another touching allusion was to tbe daily posing nimseuv ine service began with a soft prelude on the organ, during whl ch the structlng reservoirs for the storage of waters in the arid regions of the United States.

mourners began to assemble. Dr. KoegeL Dr. Mure at, of the Royal! Society of Edinburgh, estimates the mean height of the land of the globe to be between 1,900 and 2,100 feet, the latter limit being probably the more nearly correct. Humboldt's estimate of the mean height of the continents was 1,000 feet.

greetings of the populace at the emperor's window, when the chaplain said: "Was it not a thank offering every day? Toward the end of his life was it not a daily leave-taking for fear they would not see him again? fie Washington, March 13. After the transac the court chaplain, then read passages from the ninetieth Psalm and verses 25 and 26 of the eleventh chapter of John, after which the tion of routine business senate proceeed-ed to the consideration of Mr. Beck's bill exceeded the age the psalmist calls the great choir sang, I Know That My Redeemer est by more than ten years, yet he did not provide for the retirement of United 8tates le Liveth." THE PRINCIPAL SERVICES. was in a nounsning conamon financially, having recevied a valuable property from Mr. and Mrs.

Bergh. The work of the society covers all cases of cruelty to all sorts of animals. It employs every moral agency, social, personal and legislative; It touches points of vital concern to health as well as of humanity It looks after the transportation of cattle Intended for market examines into the purity of milk, and fixes the times and manner of slaughtering animals for food. The society has a large and influential and it has made many friends and received many gifts. In the city of New York its officers are constituted special policemen, with authority to arrest any person found practicing cruelty gal tender and national bank notes of small denominations, and the issue of coin were then read from Psalm xc outlive his vigor.

Like Moses, his age was' undarkened; his forces did not fail; he was restless and eager for work to the last I have no time to be were among his certificates in Ilea of gold certifi and Timothy iv, 7-8, the chaplain concluding cates, and Mr. Beck addressed the senate wren tne woras, "uiessea are tney wno aie la last words." the Lord, now and evermore." The choir re In advocacacy of It. The bill, he said, had In conclusion the chaplain said: "Now his sponded with the words. "Yea. the snirit salth funeral procession is about to wind its way to been referred to the finance committee and had been, last Tuesday, reported back by a bare majority.

He referred to what he sa. they shall rest from their labors, their work unsnottenDurg, to tne quiet grave of nis snail live alter tnem." me prayer was then father and mother, to the mother who dying in his speech on the pension bill as to Mr. intoned, "vvnat ttod uoeth is Well Done." of any kind to animals. In 1871 a Parisan, Sherman's responsibility for the silver demon There are in America over 4,000,000 farms, large and small. They cover nearly 30,000,000 acres of improved land, and their total value is something like 810,000,000, 000.

These figures are not, of course, comprehensible. They simply convey the idea of vastness of area and equal vastness of importance. The estimated value of the yearly products of these farms is between 000 and $3, 000, 000, 000. blessed him with loving hand, to the father who was an example of probity to him." Dr. Koegel delivered the sermon standing beside the coffin.

His text was, "Lord, now The emperorf was greatly grieved because lettest Thou Thy servant depart In. peace, ac etization measure. After further remarks by the speaker, and other leading men on both sides, Mr. Sherman addressed the senate at cording to Thy word, for mine ejes have seen he was not allowed to attend the funeral, the thought disturbing his sleep. The physicians bad to entreat with him earnestly for a considerable length.

The proceedings in Thj salvation." He concluded with the the house were of an unimportant nature. Lord's prayer, and the congregation then sang longtime, as he persisted in his Intention to. the hymn, "Wennich Sollscheiden." Washington, March 14 Mr. Brown of attend the funeral. While the cannon were 1 firing he stood silently listening and watching A motet from Graun's 'Tod Jesu" was then sung by the choir, after which the members of the Sing Akademie rendered Wie Herrlich Georgia called up the resolution offered by him January 4, declaring It the imperative duty of Liouis Bonard, who lived with extreme simplicity In New York, died and left $150,000 to the society, which permitted a removal to quarters larger and better adapted to the work.

A building at the corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-second street. New York city, was purchased and altered to make it suitable for the purposes of the society. By tbe courtesy of the district attorney of New York, Mr. Bergh was authorized by the attorney general to represent him in all cases appertaining to the laws for the protection of animals. During 1873 he made a lecturing tour In the west, which resulted in the formation of several societies similar to that in New York.

He spoke before the Evangelical alliance and Episcopal convention, and was the neans of having a new cannon confirmed, to at tne bacic window ana as tne coffin passed he covered his eyes with his hands and burst The long and stubborn strike Ing employes was officially 1st Die jseue welt" of the Read-declared of of delegates congress to repeal the Internal revenue laws at Into tears. At 12:45 o'clock Dr. Koegel pronounced the Wednesday by a convention the earliest day practicable, and proceeded to The royal helmet, spurs, staff of command. benediction, while at the same time volleys were fired by the Infantry on the outside. The sword, scarf, gloves and chain of the Black address the senate in advocacy of it Speaking for the people of Georgia he said that representing the local assemblies In- the Reading employes convention and the men were given the right to apply for their old while they desired a just revision of cathedral ceremony closed with the singing of Holy, Holy Is the Lord." the tariff and the abolition of the rev i he procession to escort the remains to the Eagle were placed on i the coffin and the wreaths and palms were heaped around in picturesque confusion.

Around the dais upon which the catafalque rested stood red velvet chairs. From there to the back of the cathedral a sloping platform extended. This enue system, they did not wish to positions as individuals. A curious kind of havoc was caused by mausoleum then began to form. Prince Bis crush American manufacturers or to reduce marck and General Yon Moltke were not pres- An industrial and physical prodigy as been discovered at Parks Ferry, Saratoga county, N.

Y. His name is Wallace Parks, and though only four years of age he chops the wood for his family. He is as large and strong as a boy ten years His great grandfather was Solomon Parks, the original settler at Parks Ferry. A boy of four who chops wood is as remarkable in his way as a boy of ten who composes music. the enect that Protestant Episcopal clergy runaway horse at Ithaca, New York.

The the compensstlon of American labor. He quoted from the democratic national plat em at me services in tne catnedrai, nor did they take part in the procession to the mauso was occupied by the congregation, with the men should at least once a year preach a sermon on cruelty and mercy to aulmais. One of the outgrowths of his work is the ambulance form of 1884 and said that be and his state exception of the princes, who sat in front. All the music played and the passages of stood on that squarely. Under it tariff re leum.

NOTABLE PERSONS PRESENT. corps for removing disabled animals from the duction had to be carried out so as not to scripture read had been chosen by Emperor The cathedral presented a most solemn and street, and a derrick to rescue them from ex Injure home Industry. The south should William. impressive appearance. When the soft organ cavations Into which they may fall.

He was adopt the policy that had enriched prelude began the court chamberlain and the also tne originator or an ingenious Invention the north. The iniqultious internal SERVICES AT VARIOUS PLACES. London, March 16. Funeral services for ministers took positions behind tabourets which substitutes artificial for live pigeons as marks for the sportsman's gun. Mr.

Bergh revenue system should be repealed and the tariff revised so as to impose higher bearing the empire's insignia. General Von Pape, holding the imperial standard, then rates on the luxuries and lower rates on the Emperor William were held in London and at Windsor to-day. The queen attended the services at Windsor. Minute guns were fired at the principal garrison towns. stationed himself at the head of the coffin.

received no salary, but gave his time and energies freely to the work. At the beginning of this reform no state nor territory of the- necessities as demanded by the democratic Count Lehndorff and Prince RadziwilLthe late platform of 1884, upon which the only democratic president had been elected in twenty- A requiem service was neid in tne emperor's aides de camp, with drawn swords United States contained any statute relating liner on either side of him and the adiu- five years. house passed a bill' granting to the protection of animals from cruelty. At present thirty-nine states of the union have taiit general and other aides de camp standing right oi way through tne Jfort Kliey military reservation in Kansas to the adopted substantially the original laws pro logeiner at tne lootoi tne coffin. church at Paris.

M. Flourense, minister of foreign affairs, Premier "Tirard, who represented President Carnot, the diplomatic body, Including all the members of the German embassy, and the presidents of tbe chambers were present. While the organ still played the the royal cured by him from the legislature of New Kansas Valley railroad company. The ties entered, ranee William arriving at noon. York, to which' may be added Brazil and the floor was then accorded to the commlt- ai a signal zrom tne cmex master ox cere mittee on foreign affairs, and Mr.

McCreary Argentine Kepublic. The society is now In the twenty-first of its existence. Is out H. Eider Haggard is of the blond type of man. His skin is sallow and and his hair is a sort of light; drab in color.

His eyes are a dull blue, of the tint which physicians are wont to connect with an anaemic temperament. His forehead is square and strong, his lips firm and his chin sensitive. His is an unemotional face, betraying no humor nor tenderness, but strong in its lines and general effect. In figure Mr. Haggard is tall, slender and dignified.

In Malta mourning was general, flags being monies, the organ broke into swelling tones. at half mast on the Drincinal buildings and of Kentucky called up the senate bill fixing the charge for passports at $1, and it was and the service was begun. Prince William of debt and self-sustaining. Bv reason of its on the vessels in the harbor and minute guns stood in the middle of the nave behind the fidelity, discretion and humanity, it Is every passed. A bill was passed appropriating $5, being fired by the garrison.

Imperial standard. Beside him were the 000 to enable the president to extend to the At Madrid services were held in the German kings of Saxony, Belgium and Roumanla, and where recognized as a power In the land for food. In 1874 he rescued a little girl from in-uman treatment, and this led to the found inhabitants of Tanega-Slma, Japan, a suita chaoel. which were attended bv representatives ble recognition of their humane treatment of close by the grand duke of Baden, Princes Albrecht and Henrv and other Princes of the ing of a society for the prevention of cruelty the survivors of the crew of the American. of the government, the foreign diplomatic representatives and most of the German to children.

Mr. Bergh wrote several plays, one of which was acted Philadelphia. He also trablished a volume of tales and sketches royal house of Prussia, the prince imperial of Australia. the prince imperial of Russia, the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas of Russia, the prince of Wales and the A dispatch from Melbourne says that the oc bark Cashmere. Several private bills were passed and one measure referred to the court of claims.

Washington, March 15. When the sen entitled "The Streets of New York a drama entitled Love's Alternate." The Portentous casion was generally observed throughout Australia, salutes being fired, flags draped special church services held and all German crown princes of Italy, Denmark and Greece, ate met Mr. Plumb sent to the clerk's desk all in the uniform of their respective coun Telegram," The Ocean Paragon," and A young Philadelphia newspaper man recently wrote to "MarkTwain" asking him if he would look over a business houses closed. tries, the prince or Bavaria, the grand duke St, Petersburg, March 16. The czar and ox Hesse, ana otner notables ana foreign re and had read a letter written by a Washington firm of pension claim agents to a Kansas soldier, saying that some time ago they had presentatives, includ.ng General Billot of animal ran through the door of a dwelling, upset a cookstove, and planted Its forefeet oa a bed in which lay a sick child, who narrowly escaped being crushed.

The house waa set on fire and the runaway horse was with difficult gotten out An Arkansas school-teacher who had been betrayed and deserted by a young man of fine social position obtained her revenge with the aid of a horsewhip. Cruelty and barbarity almost beyond bellel are revealed as the result of an investigation of the management of the, convict camp at Coal Hill, Arkansas. Prisoners have been literally flayed alive and tiien hurried into their raves before the fearful facts could leak out he warden In charge of the camp has fled to escape punishment, and a reward of $300 fox his arrest is offered. The railroad strike still hangs fire. The very air is pregnant with rumors, The future-of the Burlington strike, says The Chicago Times, as regards the prospects of its extension to other, roads hangs in abeyance pend- Ing Judge Gresham's decision in tbe Wabash' case.

The arguments were concluded Monday and the case taken under advisement" Should the court hold the railroads to the strict letter of the law in the matter of reciprocal interchange of traffic with connecting lines there is good reason to believe that the conservative element in the brotherhood will accept and abide by this decision as the law of tbe land as expounded by an able and fearless judge; but should It be held that connecting roads are not bound to endanger their property and interests by risking a general strike as the consequence of handling Burlington freight, there is little doubt that the bo cott wlllspread until it covered all of the Burlington connections, east and west north and south. The Grand Detours plow works at Dixon, Illinois, were destroyed by fire, involving loss of $100,000. Two men were badly hurt by the falling smokestack. California wine merchants are reported to be rushing their goods east at present Id order to take advantage of the present low freight rates. Three convicts were killed and a fourth fatally injured by the fall of dirt loosened by a premature blast of dynamite near Bremen, Ga.y Monday.

It is hard to conceive of any more- horrible suspense than that which results from the bite of a supposed mad dog. A child 9 years old In a village near New York recently died of hydrophobia, having been bitten about a month ago by a Newfoundland dog. Several persons czarina and many notable per sons were present at a special service in the Lutheran church Completely Blockaded. Pittsburgh, March 13. For several France and his suite, formed the next rows in written to him asking to be allowed to take to-day memory ox the dead German emper the nave.

The diplomatic pew was crowded. in manuscript, and give a candid opin- ion as to its merit Mr. Clemens an- v. BORNE FROM THE CHURCH. Vienna, March 16.

Memorial services were years there has not been such a lack of telegraphic communication with the east, as there was yesterday and last night. Though Inten The scene was truly memorable when, amid Bwered as follows: "Certainly; send it the strains of the final chorus and the sharp held in Protestant churches to-day in honoi of the late Emperor William. Among those present were the Emperor Francis Joseph and rattle of volleys outside twelve regimental right along. And be sure to put it sely cold, Pittsburgh suffered little from the storm of Sunday night, but eastward the commanders slowly ana reverently raised the caffio from its resting place, moving forward with it on their shoulders to the principal the archdukes Charles, Louis and William, ail in Prussian uniforms; the archdukes Louis blizzard roiled down the mountain side and aoor. ueiore tnem waiicea a nigh court offi through the Juniata valley scattering fences, breaking telegraph wires, upsetting small between a couple of shingles, or sawed-off boards, or a couple of grindstones, or anything to keep it flat The man that rolls a manuscript ougnt to go to the devil and "will." Victor and Charles Salvator; the members of the ministry; the diplomatic corps; the presidents of both houses of the reicht-rath and many other persons of prominence cial.

On either side of the coffin were ministers of state bearing on cushions the imperial frame buildings and causing great loss in crown ana scepter ana otner insignia. Above and rank. The preacher said that across the various ways, it was a baa night lor the Pennsylvania trainmen. Many freight trains were compelled to take to the sidings and wait until this morning. A short distance sarcophagus of Emperor William Austria the comn waved the imperial standard, borne by General Von Pape.

On each side of him walked an officer with a drawn sword. The and Germany joined hands and renewed the east of here last night a brakeman was royalties assumed positions in the cortege in due order. league of peace for the maintenance of which he invoked God's blessing, and -said in conclusion: "That is the departed monarch's testament and we will keep it as a sacred As the coffin reached the door the drummers blown from the top of a car, but was not dangerously injured. Trainmen pronounce it the worst storm ever known In oi the military bands outside beat a deafen. trust." these regions.

Between Philadelphia Rougli Experience With a 'Phone. ins: tattoo as the signal for the troops to prepare to march. While the procession was forming the bands played Chopin's "Marche Funebre," the sounds of the tolling church bells mingling with the strains. The formation of the cortege occupied some time, but was effected in an orderly manner la rigid Datton, March 14. Gilbert Burrows oi his pension claim to congress, and they had not heard from him in reDly; that they were conversant with his claim and believed that if properly presented congress would not refuse a special pension; that their fee was $25, of which $10 was payable in advance; that 863 special pension bills were passed by the last congress and, a still larger number would probably be passed by the present congress; that this was the hest time for the presentation of cases to congress, as the country was on tbe eve of a congressional and residential election and parties and in-Ivlduals were on their metal to make a record, Mr.

Plumb expressed the belief that large amounts were being obtained through such representations, although the writers could render no service whatever. Not only would an attorney not be permitted to appeal before the pension committee, but he could perform no useful service whatever in connection with special pension cases. It was an outrage (putting It mildly) for men to be imposed upon that way. He asked that the pension committee take the letter and consider it and make a report to the senate so that such swindling of ex-soldiers could not be continued. The letter was referred to the committee on The house went into committee of the whole for consideration of senate amendments to the urgent deficiency bill.

That appropriating 25,000 for the pay of assistant custodians and janitors of public buildings and for the reinstatement of as many persons discharged since February 1 as might be necessary was agreed to. That proposing to strike out the appropriation of $100,000 for the purpose of making 100 feet longer the dry dock now under contract to be built at the Brooklyn navy yard, and that striking out tbe clause directing the public printer to rigidly enforce the eight hour law were nonconcurred in and the committee rose. Washington, March 16. Senator Black this city was about to answer a ring from the and Downlngton, the wind almost blew the cars off the track. The air was piercing cold and the beating wind made It almost Impossible to stand out In the.

storm. Telegraph poles, trees, fences and other things were blown across the tracks. For miles east of Downlngton every telegraph pole on the road was blown down and the wires scattered all A Washington correspondent has made an interesting mathematical calculation regarding the number of hands shaken by the President and Mrs. Cleveland during the last three months. The figures are startling.

Since the 1st of last July Mrs. Cleveland has grasped fully 100, 000 hands. The President has shaken nearly twice as many. "Mrs, Cleveland's hand," says the writer, "is longer, narrower and thinner than tne President's. The nerve is even better and the grip firmer." telephone In his office yesterday and took accordance with the official programme.

The hold of the receiver when, with a sharp cry of pain, he staggered backward and despite his conspicuous absence of the emperor and Count Von Moltke and Prince Bismarck was over the tracks. struggles could not let go of the telephone and was held within its electric grip until his Business on the Pennsylvania railroad be deeply regretted. This was the only prominent cnange in me arrangements. The procession was in every way worthy of tween this city and Phildelphla was completely paralyzed this morning, no trains having cries brought assistance and the attachment was broken from its fastenings, when he fell to the floor In an insensible condition as the result of reaction from the nervous shock. the occaion.

The military display was magnl- arrived from the east since last night, everything being blockaded with snow. All were aiao outen, ana tney are naturally in a pitiful state of apprehension since the child's He is still under the care of physicians and death. the freight trains are snowbound and there Is little or no prospect of their getting out for at ncent, tnougn somber, the entire escort, comprising the elite of the army, wearing dark ovorcoats and mantles, owing to the extreme cold. All the surroudings of the funeral car were invested with solemnity. In the morning the French General Billot placed on the bier a superb garland of roses.

Is prostrated. Investigation of the telephone showed that it was crossed with the large incandescent light wires. least twenty-xour hours. At some places the snow has drifted as high as five feet and there are miles and miles of freight trains waiting to get through. Never I if the history violets and camellias, wreaths were also or the railroad nas there been such a block' A Strike on the Santa Te.

Kansas Cxtt, Ma, March 16. At 4 o'clock ade. contributed by dalegates from Moscow. KJeff, Amsterdam, ana otner loreign THE SCEXB OS THE AVENUE. The sight of the chief mourner, the heir Almost Isolated.

FHTXADxavPHiA, March 13. The stagna yesterday afternoon about 1,000 engineers and firemen employed on the Santa Fe road left their engines and 40 per cent of the remaining 400 who are going over the road are expected to go out as soon as they reach their division terminals. i The committee of the Taylor transit fund, through its treasurer, announces that Bishop Taylor Is now on the way to the United States, and will reach 27ew York about May 1. The com mittee thinks the general conference onght to drop the word "missionary" from Bishop Taylor's title, remove the barrier which confines the exercise of liia episcopal functions to Africa, so be can visit the missions in South America, and direct that his salary be paid from the Episcopal fund instead of from the missionary treasury. to the throne, accompanied by three kings of tion of business caused by the storm here continued to day, though the street car com burn's desk was georgeously conspicuous this uerman oiooa, iouowea Dy tne most illustri ous representatives of every European country, whose presence gave evidence of the universal veneration in which the deceased The men struck without warning the com was held and by a lone line of statesmen.

pany of their intentions and without any grievance except that the company was hauling Burlington baggage an id attempting to all combined to give the scene an Impres sive ess that was reflected in the demeanor haul Burlington freight; of the dense throng watching the cortege, Wending its way over the castle bridge and It is stated on good authority that the Gulf Northern Michigan has just been visited by the worst blizzard of the year for railroad men. A Negaunee dispatch says the southbound train ia at Brampton, having been shoveled out two or three times. On the Dn luth, 8outh Shore and Atlantic the Houghton division train pulled through, but the Mackinaw division is closed to traffic, -with the westbound express and the snow plows ail snowed in on the eastern half of the division. The switchmen employed by the Burlington company In Chicago, says The Tlmesthxre wisely concluded that they have no reason to strike because of the trouble between the company and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The rumors current last week of a compromise of the existing difficulties have had so verification, and the dally increasing probability of the defeat of the brotherhood, to say nothing of the fact that when the were on a strike they received no assistance from the engineers, may have had Its effect in Influencing the switchmen to refrain from taking action.

The Matamcras says reports'" have' been received from Santa Barbara Oscarapa that the houses of Protestants are being set ca fire on every favorable occasion bv fanatics, and lays tbe blame oa Rev. Father Fraraas. 2 A. "Des' Mclnes, was knocked down and run over by a train la the Hannibal yards near the union depot, City Monday evening. His left kg was cat off midway between the knee and azilj, fingers were crushed and hli head Aty -was la the act of crossing the tracks and wis road engineers will leave their posts this through Unter-den-Ianden the procession reached the Brandenburg trate a few minute morning at 10 o'clock and that the Missouri Pacific engineers will strike at 1 o'clock this after 2 o'clock.

Unter-den-Linden presented an extraordinary spectacle, like the gloom of afternoon, Ic is also rumored that the Union Pacific engineers will join the ranks of the nignt at miaaay. was DiacK strikers and that before the close of tbe week houses, pillars, fags. In the midst of this I morning with Coral tributes in the form and colors of the United States flag sent by the Hi tcoek veteran association of Philadelphia, In recognition of his so ably defending the xnomory of our dead heroes-Generals McClellan and Hancock." The 4 resolution offered by Mr. Frye yesterday calling for copies of minutes and protocols of the fisheries commission and that offered by Senato Dolph as to fur seal fishing in Alaska were taken np and passed. The senate resumed consideration of the undervaluation bill, and Mr.

Allison stated that he believed that the fourteenth section was elective to carry out the purpose Intended and was in no degree and in no way unjust to any honest Importer. After a lengthy debate the bill was passed without division. Mr. Plumb then offered a preamble and resolution reciting the fact cf the interruption of freight traffic on the Chleago, Barliagtoa and Qulncy and the T. 13.

F. railroads, and instructing the committee on interstate commerce to inquire whether such interruption of commerce was occasioned by tha failure cf the railroad companies to adopt necessary precautions or by ether: neglect cf their duty as common carriers. resolution was laid ever. Messrs. Hale, Allisoa and Cockrell were panies generally resumed business with four horse teams, succeeded la moving over their routes with slight detention.

Tbe steara railroad systems, however, are in a paraljzed condition, and very little efforts are being made to run trains over any of the roads centering here, attention being mainly given to attempts to clear the tracks. Trains have arrived from Baltimore and Washington. During the day on the Pennsylvania road a train left at 4:30 p. m. for Baltimore and Washington.

On the bulletin board at Broad street station the following announcements were made: "No train on New York and ceatral divisions and no Icr Fitxsbrr and. the west to-day. v- UvuilT Demoralised. I CL. March IS.

The fierca wind storm which struck Washtejtoa latt Saturday night, and which has continued UJJ-Interruptedly since that time, shows no signs cf abating. The day was cloudless, but ths force and Iclsess cf the wind kept ia doors all except those who were compelled to brave it. At 9 o'clock tils morning the mercury had dropped to 14 -above zero," ad -the velocity cf the wind had increased taicrty-clht rail's every road In the city will be shut down. Intense aombreness cz color Glimmered the pala light of Iftmpa, veSed with crape. The fchouia this happen the suHerinz must nec strangest effect came from the Caring light essarily be intense.

It would close nearly every large Industry fax Kao sas City ad ox pnen torcnes, inrowicg over tne scene a glare that was tempered by the smoke cf the throw thousands of men out cf employment. There is less than a week's supply coal in torches blown oy the wma. ine cemeanor oi the countless spectators was excellent, the the city and if the Gulf and PaciSa reads strike to-day there la a strong probability cf a silence being cnbrcKcn, ana every one Cakkoix D. Wright, Chief of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, says that a railroad President and several conservative business men recently gave it as their deliberate opin-isn that 3.000 men were out of employment in Lawrence, a city of inhabitants. Csreful search by the Board of Labor could find only S00 men nho wanted work.

He also calls attention to the fact that the State Board cf Charities of Massachusetts ofUd-lly that there were C2.C00 trttxuos in the State. An acenrata census ilUcoVered oaly 1,100. cts tbiiii." coal famine, as these lines bring in S3 rjer cent of the fuel used. The water worts com pany only carries a limited supply of coal and a stoppage of trafSc for any length cf time will make the city "Powerless to fM fires. Chief Arthcr.so it was reported from Ctlzs a remaining uncovered until the coda had passsd.

In the Sieves as had been arransred, the process Jo a tilled and Crown Prince William, who ha 1 thu3 fir walked Immediately behind-, the. car, now entered s-1 ty cf Saxory. Deiziaa and The ether rojal r-erscas at tha earja time tooi seats in cr.r-rissfi follcvrh tltt cf the crown pric.5. -The cr'jrc tie precession was now dsn: 3. the irarde fits, corps asfaxaia vtha piica cf etccrt tad casrs cf lower rank relisvis tie" i passing imtneaiately la the rear of a trtia.

ct per hour, ana the wcra c--s yesterday ia he did not rive his consent to the strike and that ha had been ta appointed a conference comralites on the VJtztj d'idesfv till, and tLs- eszit2 aS- rht cars when it was backed upca hin fn2 ras thrown uader the whsela. ths vlT'i 3 wi every r.c:st cn the ejttsm to flzd Chairman The house went lata 3 -'rs. Ellasi Topper, known fsx ad trUs Uecrcau- 'leierrtrsa were received fcera last- whc-ia icr ecEciimt'ra ci Hi; ci t. --at anamdes HI SStdfSS Cat! crderirg Coerce to Chicago at nce for bea dlsl is El Pe tiers irca tae raircsa irac-ss a urga extcst trSwCna by tis. wisa ci IzzX trl ntsto-'-the urgent-; deScisrcy eccit2iatioa cf tla a esaiersscj mux tse crettcrhosa cZlzlzlz.

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